Hotspots

Reports, statistics and analysis from experts on the Australian property market.
Reasons to use a buyer's agent read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 26 Oct 2016
8 signs you should be talking to a buyer’s agent
An endemic lack of stock around the country means investors are at risk of paying premium prices for ordinary properties. If you’re an investor in the market today and...
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How to build a bigger portfolio read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 26 Oct 2016
How to build a bigger portfolio
If you want to own a large multi-property portfolio, there are a few moving parts you're going to have to keep track of. 
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Schoolies dangers for property investors read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 26 Oct 2016
Investors warned about schoolies dangers and damages
Landlords have been reminded their properties could be subject to extra damage, overcrowding, excessive noise and underage drinking in coming weeks.
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Property confidence in Australia read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 24 Oct 2016
Aussie confidence in dire state on financial, property fronts
Australians may have rising disposable incomes but they are increasingly feeling financially insecure and stressed, overwhelmingly due to mortgages and debt.
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Rich Harvey on The Smart Property Investment Show read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 24 Oct 2016
SPECIAL EPISODE: The SPI Show answers more listener questions
Property investors all over the country have been flooding the Smart Property Investment team's inbox with questions about everything from why we invest the way we do,...
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3 property investment fundamentals read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 21 Oct 2016
3 essentials to take your portfolio to the next level
What are the critical success factors for investors to go from one or two properties, to 10, 20 or 50 properties? What else do you need in your DNA?
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stca real estate agent traps ley bear trap blue house read icon 2 min read
Hotspots • 21 Oct 2016
10 real estate traps
A buyer’s agent has released a tongue-in-cheek ‘guide to real estate speak’ to property buyers, warning them about the true meanings behind agents' cliches and...
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Jamie McIntyre banned by Federal Court read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 21 Oct 2016
Property spruikers banned by Federal Court
Two notorious property industry identities have been “disqualified from managing corporations and restrained from carrying on financial services for a period of 10...
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Wollongong property investment read icon 3 min read
Hotspots • 19 Oct 2016
Two NSW regions to offer investors solid growth
With plateauing house prices and declining unit values predicted for many of Australia’s capital cities in the coming three years, two regions could emerge as safer...
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A couple hugging in a kitchen read icon 1 min read
Hotspots • 18 Oct 2016
Do Gen Y investors miss out on the fun of being young?
Mitchell Shad is among those in the “younger side” of property investment, but unlike many young investors who choose to sacrifice life’s luxuries to achieve...
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